What was I thinking?

It's crazy...I feel like I just updated my blog, but here we are...after Christmas and over halfway through January. Where does the time go? Not a whole lot has been happening. Working at Winco still.....oh the joys of that. I can barely go a week before having to give my hands some much needed TLC. Having to wear gloves brings me back to when I worked at Kindercare in the two year old class. I saw a picture the other day of myself and some of my students there. Those were good days. Why couldn't I have known then that that is what I was meant to do. When I first left teaching preschool, I didn't regret it at all, but I have run into a few people I used to teach with and old students and parents, and realize how much I miss it. There were plenty of logical reasons for me to leave...no insurance, pay cut, less hours. But can you really put a price on doing something you love? Like Cher says, "If I could turn back time" I wish I would have done many things differently. I hate to admit it because I said I wouldn't say it, but I miss teaching! Soooooooo much! I miss feeling like I have a little impact on someones future, even if it's small. I like working, and Winco isn't bad (other than the pay) but it is meaningless. Slicing meat and giving a pound of potato salad to a customer will not change there lives. I know that everything happens for a reason. I typically don't understand that reason til long after the situation has passed, but I can't help but wonder what I was thinking when I left teaching. I loved it, not all parts of it, but who honestly loves all parts of their job? I need to make a plan to create a better situation for myself. Thankfully it's not to late for any of us.